UN Votes

USSR

Former permanent Security Council member

Dissolved 1991; UN Security Council seat continued by the Russian Federation.

2,892

GA votes

2,135 yes · 393 no · 341 abstain

725

SC votes

577 yes · 6 no · 106 abstain

162

Vetoes cast

P5 alignment

How often USSR voted the same way as each permanent Security Council member, of the resolutions both cast a yes/no/abstain vote on.

Permanent memberGA onlyGA + SC
United States of America18.3%29.1%
France29.9%39.5%
Russian Federation0.0%0.0%
United Kingdom26.7%36.6%
China69.2%71.9%
USA — 12.7%FRA — 20.7%RUS — 0.0%GBR — 18.5%CHN — 48.0%

The pie chart is based on the “GA only” column, showing each member’s share of the combined total across all shown members (it does not sum those percentages to 100% on its own) — see the table for the actual agreement rate with each. The “GA + SC” column blends in Security Council votes, which are adopted almost unanimously and so tend to pull every country’s number up.

P5 alignment over time

Same GA-only metric, by year. A member’s line starts wherever it first has enough shared votes in a year to be meaningful (at least 5) — for Russia, that’s never before 1991, since the USSR voted under a separate historical record.

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USAFRAGBRCHN

A/RES/43/25

Question of the Falkland Islands (Malvinas) : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1988-11-17

GAYes

A/RES/43/26D

Question of Namibia : dissemination of information and mobilization of international public opinion in support of the immediate independence of Namibia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1988-11-17

GAYes

A/RES/43/23

Zone of peace and co-operation of the South Atlantic : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1988-11-14

GAYes

A/RES/43/22

Right of peoples to peace : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1988-11-11

GAYes

A/RES/43/21

The uprising (intifadah) of the Palestinian people : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1988-11-03

GAYes

A/RES/43/19

The situation in Kampuchea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1988-11-03

GANo

A/RES/43/18

Law of the sea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1988-11-01

GAYes

A/RES/43/13

Pretoria's racial "municipal elections" : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1988-10-26

GAYes

A/RES/43/14

Question of the Comorian island of Mayotte : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1988-10-26

GAYes

A/RES/43/11

Judgment of the International Court of Justice of 27 June 1986 concerning military and paramilitary activities in and against Nicaragua : need for immediate compliance : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1988-10-25

GAYes

A/RES/43/12

Co-operation between the United Nations and the Organization of African Unity : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1988-10-25

GAYes

A/RES/43/3

Co-operation between the United Nations and the League of Arab States : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1988-10-17

GAYes

A/RES/42/232

Report of the Committee on Relations with the Host Country : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1988-05-13

GAYes

A/RES/42/230

Report of the Committee on Relations with the Host Country : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1988-03-23

GAYes

A/RES/42/229A

Report of the Committee on Relations with the Host Country : proposed closure of the Palestine Liberation Organization office in New York : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1988-03-02

GAYes

A/RES/42/229B

Report of the Committee on Relations with the Host Country : proposed closure of the Palestine Liberation Organization office in New York : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1988-03-02

GAYes

A/RES/42/223

Financing of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1987-12-21

GAYes

A/RES/42/226A

Programme budget for the biennium 1988-1989 : budget appropriations for the biennium 1988-1989 : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1987-12-21

GAYes

A/RES/42/224

Review of the rates of reimbursement to the Governments of troop-contributing States : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1987-12-21

GAYes

A/RES/42/210B

Report of the Committee on Relations with the Host Country : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1987-12-17

GAYes

A/RES/42/201

Special assistance to front-line States : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1987-12-11

GAYes

A/RES/42/190

Living conditions of the Palestinian people in the occupied Palestinian territories : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1987-12-11

GAYes

A/RES/42/174

Specific action related to the particular needs and problems of land-locked developing countries : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1987-12-11

GAYes

A/RES/42/166

Assistance to the Palestinian people : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1987-12-11

GAYes

A/RES/42/176

Trade embargo against Nicaragua : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1987-12-11

GAYes

A/RES/42/200

Special economic assistance to Chad : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1987-12-11

GAYes

A/RES/42/209A

The situation in the Middle East : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1987-12-11

GAYes

A/RES/42/165

International economic security : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1987-12-11

GAYes

A/RES/42/202

Special assistance to Maldives for disaster relief and the strengthening of its coastal defences : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1987-12-11

GANon-voting

A/RES/42/209C

The situation in the Middle East : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1987-12-11

GAYes

A/RES/42/205

Assistance to Benin, the Central African Republic, Democratic Yemen, Djibouti, Ecuador, the Gambia, Madagascar, Nicaragua and Vanuatu : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1987-12-11

GAYes

A/RES/42/209D

The situation in the Middle East : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1987-12-11

GAYes

A/RES/42/199

Assistance for reconstruction and development of Lebanon : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1987-12-11

GAYes

A/RES/42/198

Furthering international co-operation regarding the external debt problems : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1987-12-11

GAYes

A/RES/42/184

International co-operation in the field of the environment : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1987-12-11

GAYes

A/RES/42/209B

The situation in the Middle East : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1987-12-11

GAYes

A/RES/42/204

Special economic assistance to Central America : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1987-12-11

GAYes

A/RES/42/203

Assistance to El Salvador : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1987-12-11

GAYes

A/RES/42/173

Economic measures as a means of political and economic coercion against developing countries : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1987-12-11

GAYes

A/RES/42/160C

Report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Population of the Occupied Territories : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1987-12-08

GAYes

Vetoes cast by USSR

S/2026/273 — Middle East (Strait of Hormuz)

2026-04-07

S/2025/116 — Ukraine

2025-02-24

S/2025/115 — Ukraine

2025-02-24

S/2024/826 — Sudan and South Sudan

2024-11-18

S/2024/302 — Non-proliferation

2024-04-24

S/2024/255 — Non-proliferation/DPRK

2024-03-28

S/2024/239 — Middle East, including Palestinian question

2024-03-22

S/2023/792 — Middle East, including Palestinian question

2023-10-25

S/2023/638 — Mali

2023-08-30

S/2023/506 — Middle East (Syria)

2023-07-11

S/2022/720 — Maintenance of peace and security of Ukraine

2022-09-30

S/2022/538 — Middle East (Syria)

2022-07-08

S/2022/431 — Non-proliferation/DPRK

2022-05-26

S/2022/155 — 2014 Letter from Ukraine (Ukraine)

2022-02-25

S/2021/990 — Maintenance of international peace and security

2021-12-13

S/2020/667 — Middle East (Syria)

2020-07-10

S/2020/654 — Middle East (Syria)

2020-07-07

S/2019/961 — Middle East (Syria)

2019-12-20

S/2019/756 — Middle East (Syria)

2019-09-19

S/2019/186 — Venezuela

2019-02-28

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